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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 87 SW 24
Type of record:Maritime
Name:Unidentified wreck, Bishop Saltings

Summary

Unidentified wreck, now buried or possibly removed, by South Yantlet Creek, Bishop Saltings.


Grid Reference:TQ 81947 70617
Map Sheet:TQ87SW
Parish:GILLINGHAM, MEDWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • WRECK (Modern - 1972 AD to 1972 AD (pre))

Full description

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Vertical Datum: LAT Orientation: NWSE 22-DEC-1972 Position 52 24 17.5N 000 36 58.5E. Hulk 250ft long, 11ft high. Stranded 099.5 Degs, 4370ft from No.6 Lt Bn (ht 7ft). 19-DEC-1973 This wreck used to be in 51 24 52N 000 35 10.5E. 26-MAR-1982 Confirmation of stranded wreck 11-MAR-1991 Stranded wreck, lying NW/SE, shown on photoplot (1). Photographs (2-11). No visible remains in 2004. (12)


<1> Hydrographic Office wreck index, Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a (Bibliographic reference). SKE6339.

<2> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10337.

<3> 2000, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX10368.

<4> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11212.

<5> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11213.

<6> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11214.

<7> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11215.

<8> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11216.

<9> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11217.

<10> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11218.

<11> 1995, Photograph (Photograph (Print)). SWX11219.

<12> Wessex Archaeology, 2005, North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report (Unpublished document). SWX12121.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>Bibliographic reference: Hydrographic Office wreck index. Extracted 20-JAN-1993, Page Nos. N/a.
<2>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 73. print.
<3>Photograph (Print): 2000. Photograph. 49. print.
<4>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/1. print.
<5>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/2. print.
<6>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/3. print.
<7>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/4. print.
<8>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/5. print.
<9>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/6. print.
<10>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/7. print.
<11>Photograph (Print): 1995. Photograph. TQ8170/8. print.
<12>Unpublished document: Wessex Archaeology. 2005. North Kent Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey: Phase ll: Field Assessment Year One report.